Recently, Synergy Research Group named IBM the number one hybrid and private cloud provider for the enterprise and positioned IBM among the top three providers in the cloud market for the third quarter of 2014. With Synergy Research’s findings around...

Technologies for business analytics like data mining, big data and real time data look on the end of the day like a mind reading exercise for the customer. Knowing key customers well enough is the magic, which creates market leaders! On the top level it is not...

Insight2014 – IBM’s global conference is making waves at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. At Insight 2014, more than 13,000 industry leaders and practitioners from around the world have gathered to explore the latest developments and strategies in...

I was asked to do a Bluemix demo for IBM Big Data and Analytics Developer Day in Chattanooga. I can’t remember ever having so much fun preparing for an event. I already had Bluemix demos of course, but nothing using the Big Data and Analytic...

The latest addition to our authors doing a book signing at IBM Insights this year is Phil Simon . He is author of many books, but I’ll focus on his two latest ones for this blog entry. The Visual Organization: Data Visualization, Big Data, and the...

This book was published earlier this year, so I was given a few free copies and had them at the IDUG conference in Phoenix. I didn’t think people at the conference would be interested in this book, so I had put them aside. But, when people...

Another great book to look forward to is: Analytics Across the Enterprise: How IBM Realizes Business Value from Big Data and Analytics By Brenda L. Dietrich, Emily C. Plachy, Maureen F. Norton I briefly had a copy of the book and read the first chapter. ...

Is your IT infrastructure fully prepared to meet the demands of the rapidly changing and converging technologies? If not, here’s an exciting opportunity for you. IBM Insight2014 global conference brings you an ideal platform, which will help you...

Our Bluemix Days have been a rousing success in enabling developers to reach higher than ever before. As a result, we've expanded the scope of our Bluemix Days events to include Hackathons, Virtual Workshops, and more. We're also excited to announce...

Congratulations to Jacques Roy for the completion of his latest book: The Power of Now Real-Time Analytics and IBM InfoSphere Streams This book will launch at the IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas . You can get a free book and...

Paul Zikopoulos and his team of co-authors have just finished their 3 rd Big Data book and it is being published this October. Just in time for the IBM Insight Conference , attendees will be given a free copy of the book that will bring them up...

In the world of big data, Hadoop is not the answer to every question. While the promise of big data is clear, selecting the right architecture and technologies to invest in is becoming a game-changer for a growing number of organisations. So how do you...

According to Gartner’s new research report, IBM is the worldwide market leader in flash storage solid state arrays (SSA’s) based on revenue for 2013. Customers across the world are turning to IBM flash storage systems than any other company for...

Colin Dean is a software engineer on the IBM Watson Explorer Connectivity team. He is an advocate for test-driven development, DevOps, security, and design thinking. Watson Explorer 9.0.0.3 is much more than just bug fixes! The Watson Explorer...

Cloud , analytics , mobile and social are transforming the world and bringing opportunities to business. This is an incredible moment. But many organizations have not been able to harness the value of their investments in this space. We need a new IT model,...

I am writing this blog post as one of the series of articles on my previous post: Re-envisioning enterprise IT in the era of mobile, social with open cloud . My first blog introduced the scope of these...

IBM Impact 2014 is the place to learn how to use disruptive technologies like Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile to create faster, more adaptive and secure solutions to overcome challenges and thrive in the digital economy. The conference takes place at the...

(This blog is posted on behalf of Leslie Wiggins , Product Marketing Manager at IBM. This blog was originally published on LinkedIn and is being re-posted here to ensure wider access.) On Friday, February 21, 2014, IBM expanded its data integration and...

IBM Impact2014 , from April 27-May 1 at Venetian Las Vegas, brings together leading IT & business professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize their business effectiveness. Impact 2014 will deliver four days of best...

I believe the enterprise IT application delivery model as it exists today in many organizations is broken. With the advent of cloud , social and mobile , it requires new thinking. Users seem to agree as shadow IT has grown exponentially in recent years....